ABC News Editor Don 'Dawn' Ennis Comes Out As Transgenderhttp://www.businessinsider.com/dawn-ennis-abc-news-producer-comes-out-as-transgender-2013-5/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Sun, 18 Feb 2018 00:33:58 -0500Aly Weismanhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/51ab422d69beddc217000002MartySun, 02 Jun 2013 09:01:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/51ab422d69beddc217000002
People like you make me sick!!! Take your opinion and shove it sharncedar. Until you've walked a mile in a transgender persons shoes you nave no right to say a single word about the issue. Especially since you don't seen to know a single thing about the subject. I was born a male and lived as one until I was 48. I've been dressing in women's clothing since I was 5 and haven't stopped since. I was at the point that my two choices were to commit suicide because I was so unhappy and miserable hiding my true self for my entire life, or start living as my true self. So 2 years ago I started living as a female myself. I have not been depressed, suicidal or anything but happy and comfortable being my true self. Having my outer self match my inner self. I know this is most likely something you can never imagine, nor could you imagine the inner turmoil, fear, and negativity which goes along with being a transgendered person.
So, if you don't understand it, or if you don't like it, move to the middle east where men are men and women still wear Vail's and do what the men want them to. Because we trans-people are coming out in huge numbers and for the most part, society is accepting us. So like it or not we're here to stay and you can go to hell or learn to deal with it!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518d21096bb3f7f71300000aAlyssa EversFri, 10 May 2013 12:32:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518d21096bb3f7f71300000a
How long ago was it when white men and women decided they weren't comfortable using the bathroom with black men and women? Did we disregard their opinions?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518d0c3beab8eaf167000005hempshawFri, 10 May 2013 11:03:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518d0c3beab8eaf167000005
I get it. If I was dressed as a woman, I wouldn't want to go to the men's room and might feel more comfortable in a ladies room. Though, are you suggesting we disregard the opinions of women then?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c480169bedd4e22000016CraverThu, 09 May 2013 21:06:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c480169bedd4e22000016
That was FUNNY!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c0ebeeab8ea4034000017Trans*Woman Thu, 09 May 2013 17:01:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c0ebeeab8ea4034000017
sorry, spelling
...(it shows commitment)
...psychological analysishttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c0df6ecad04611000000bTrans*WomanThu, 09 May 2013 16:58:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c0df6ecad04611000000b
Changing documents is required before the hormonal and surgical transition can begin (it shows comment), but only after a lengthy process of phycological analysis.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c0667ecad042e7d00000eAlyssa EversThu, 09 May 2013 16:26:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c0667ecad042e7d00000e
Why should they care? They have their privacy, sharing a sink with a trans person isn't going to destroy their world. They've probably shared the bathroom with trans people in the past and never known it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c05f9ecad04227f000005Alyssa EversThu, 09 May 2013 16:24:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518c05f9ecad04227f000005
Really? I was medically intersexed at birth and I'm female both legally and in biologically despite having a Y chromosome. Chromosomes are not the end all be all of determining sex. It's entirely possible to be male while having XX chromosomes (I even know someone with XX chromosomes who fathered a child) or XY female... of even XYY, XXY, XXX, etc.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518bf7d66bb3f72b63000006PotatoThu, 09 May 2013 15:24:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518bf7d66bb3f72b63000006
It's good that ABC is being supportive of Dawn. I'm glad to see that.
It sounds like she still cares about her soon to be ex wife (even if not sexually or romantically), and it's a tragedy it's hurt them both so much.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518be6c5ecad04a648000001hempshawThu, 09 May 2013 14:11:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518be6c5ecad04a648000001
I would imagine it's not about "what you're allowed to see", but what do I know.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518b9ec06bb3f7a436000011LauraThu, 09 May 2013 09:04:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518b9ec06bb3f7a436000011
@amcynic: TRANSEXUALS are just people too just because they are different you think they're disgusting i think you should learn some respect for people it takes a lot of courage to come out. Learn some mannershttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/518b36e3ecad045871000010Alyssa EversThu, 09 May 2013 01:40:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518b36e3ecad045871000010
Really, so if a trans person works as a news editor it's going to be biased but if they're christian it isn't? Or is it just not okay for people to have jobs when they disagree with your morality. You really think it's impossible that people for people to separate work from their personal lives?
Also, having a morality that is different from your own is not the same thing as moral relativism.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518b351feab8eab751000003Alyssa EversThu, 09 May 2013 01:33:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518b351feab8eab751000003
Funny, I find bigots to be disgusting.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad45ceab8ead079000001PoliticalPaulWed, 08 May 2013 18:40:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad45ceab8ead079000001
You don't think the NATIONAL NEWS PRODUCER for a major network who lives a secret life for who knows how long doesn't also slant stories to agenda driven reporting? You dont think agenda driven reporting affects my life? It drives opinion and more importantly, it drives squishy politicians POLICY - that is FORCE OF LAW -so if i oppose gay marriage based on religious principle, people now file suit - the tyranny of moral relativism. Are you fuggin' kidding me?
Those who cannot be trusted in small matters cannot be trusted in larger matters - like trust and integrity.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad34f6bb3f78c34000016datruthWed, 08 May 2013 18:35:59 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad34f6bb3f78c34000016
Maybe your god wants it that way.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad30c6bb3f74639000004PoliticalPaulWed, 08 May 2013 18:34:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad30c6bb3f74639000004
Nope...no media bias at all. Lots of stories about gay NBA player but nothing on Goznell trial - nothing on the Benghazi hearings...
When real news happens in the world, does ABC hear it / see it?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad2ee69beddf710000012datruthWed, 08 May 2013 18:34:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad2ee69beddf710000012
What do women do in their restroom that we're not allowed to see? Other than talk shit about each other and the men around them, I can't think of any reason why we don't have unisex bathrooms. Get rid of the urinals too while we're at it. I don't like dudes who come up next to me and want to strike up a convo while I'm trying to pee.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad2a1ecad04963d000004FemalizationWed, 08 May 2013 18:33:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad2a1ecad04963d000004
Why are there so many White American males turning into female? Is it something in the water or air?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad21169bedd7b13000005datruthWed, 08 May 2013 18:30:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ad21169bedd7b13000005
With sprinkleshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ac7c2eab8ea9157000010David ConleyWed, 08 May 2013 17:46:42 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ac7c2eab8ea9157000010
Reading these comments make me sick at the intolerance shown by the majority of you.
YOU don't live this person's life...
YOU don't know what this person has been thru...
YOU don't know squat about this person.
SO WHAT?
If this person wants to transform to a female...what is it to you?
WiIl it effect your marriage? Will it make you any different? Will it have any impact on your job? SO WHAT?
Disgusting....
"Live and let live"...."Judge not lest ye be judged"
Good words to live by....
Try it sometime....if you can.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ac44a69bedde36a000009SalemWed, 08 May 2013 17:31:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ac44a69bedde36a000009
So to be enlightened is to except foolishness? As ridiculous as sharncedar's comment sounds, just points out to how ridiculous this story sounds.
Lets all pretend to be something else. Anyone who does not except it is either stupid or not "enlightened".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aba6aeab8ea723a00000aAlyssa EversWed, 08 May 2013 16:49:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aba6aeab8ea723a00000a
Er, that is now private.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ab9a0ecad04f90c000005Alyssa EversWed, 08 May 2013 16:46:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ab9a0ecad04f90c000005
This pisses me off. The Daily mail pulled this from her facebook profile, a profile that is not private. She did not give them an interview. I'm sick of the daily mail sensationalizing trans people's lives. The last time the daily mail made a trans person's private life public, the person ended up taking their own life. I hope the DM gets called on it's constant badgering of trans people.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ab107eab8eaa925000010InsidiousWed, 08 May 2013 16:09:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518ab107eab8eaa925000010
And Bill Clinton never said a word.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aad6669bedd6b33000008amcynicWed, 08 May 2013 15:54:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aad6669bedd6b33000008
It puts the lotion on its skin or it gets the hose again...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aab076bb3f7d46c000003yo!Wed, 08 May 2013 15:44:07 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aab076bb3f7d46c000003
our society is more accepting of mental disorders so that's good for him, but if you got a y chromosome, you aint a shehttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aa8156bb3f74468000008hempshawWed, 08 May 2013 15:31:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aa8156bb3f74468000008
Are the female co-workers OK with him using the ladies room now?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aa2e66bb3f77a5d00000eMightyWeeManWed, 08 May 2013 15:09:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518aa2e66bb3f77a5d00000e
This is newsworthy? When less than 3% of the country being LGBT, who gives a fig?
Can you guys focus on things that are relevant to the country in general and skip the topic a la mode?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a9dd96bb3f7ac50000024John Galt in TOWed, 08 May 2013 14:47:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a9dd96bb3f7ac50000024
Haha - that was pretty funny. Agreed - the pussification of the North American male continues.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a97f669beddf77c000004TruthsayerWed, 08 May 2013 14:22:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a97f669beddf77c000004
Frankly, I don't have an opinion on what Ennis wants to do, vis a vis gender identity. If s/he wants to do it, and can get others to observe it, fine.
The thing I do have a slight objection to is the changing of governmental identity documents this early in the process. Changing your passport, driver's license, etc should only be done once you have undergone surgery and are no longer a male or female. To my mind, it is not enough to simply say "I am now a women," and that is the officially-observed you, from then on. It's a slight objection, and Ennis doing what s/he is doing does not "hurt" me in any way.
If Don was a great news editor, then there is no reason Dawn can't be as well--other than the fact that it may be a distraction for others in the office. I would feel uncomfortable saying using the female pronoun, and it would probably put me on tilt if I had to spend long hours in a dark editing bay with them.
But is that my problem or theirs?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a947cecad046d47000019artful dodgerWed, 08 May 2013 14:07:56 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a947cecad046d47000019
How come more people don't want to be hermaphrodites? Why choose one when you could be both? Doesn't make any sense.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a924469bedd0e6f00000esharncedarWed, 08 May 2013 13:58:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/518a924469bedd0e6f00000e
Ok, good, now we have to call him "Dawn" and use the female pronoun and let him use the women's bathroom because in his mind, he believes he is a girl. And in America, we are such non-confrontational wussies that we accept it as social truth whatever someone claims they believe about themselves.
Fine - I'm a frosted chocolate cupcake. I expect to be treated as a frosted chocolate cupcake. I will be offended if anyone eats pastries of any kind in my presence. You must refer to me with the pronoun "it" and my given name must now be reported as "Mr. Chocolate Cupcake". You may not use my previous name when referring to me. I demand that you confirm to my inner insanity! Ok, wussies? You American wussies. It offends me to hear lip-smacking, anyone criticizes sugar and you get a fat lawsuit.